Are You Boston's Safest Driver? City Wants to Know

BOSTON, MA — The city on Monday launched a the Boston's Safest Driver Competition, a metro-wide, smartphone-powered bid to prove that you are not the worst.

According to the city, the app from Cambridge Mobile Telematics and the Arbella Insurance Foundation, scores drivers on five behaviors associated with safer driving. Drivers from the Boston metro area "are invited to compete for over $9,000 in prizes by downloading the app and practicing safe driving on the roads," the city said.

Through the Safest Driver Competition, participants can challenge their friends, see how they rank in their community, and win prizes for improvement each week.

Between now and December 3, participants can download the app and win one of a dozen weekly prizes for everything from having the top score, to being the best new driver, to taking car-free trips.

Funding for prizes has been provided by the Insurance Foundation and the Cambridge Mobile Telematics donated technology services for competition.

According to the city, "A major goal of the program is to allow users to self-reflect on their own driving habits, particularly distractions from mobile phones, which the app informs the user about after a drive has been completed."

You can find more information and enter the competition here.

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